Tech Tools Talks Shop: Freelancers

So you’re a freelancer. How do you get gigs? How do you negotiate rates? How do you manage your time and evaluate your risks? What are your legal rights? You want to go professional but hold down another job; does that make you a hobbyist? Hear our panel of freelance theater professionals talk about how they got started, the different faces of freelancing, the big issues that affect them, how they make it work, and ask them all the questions you have about joining the freelance world.

Panelists:

Lisa Smith (Stage Manager)

Mike Wangen (Lighting Designer)

John Stillwell (Scenic Carpenter & Electrician)

Mina Kinukawa (Scenic Designer)

Michael Murnane (Lighting Designer).

Moderated by Leah Cooper.

Light refreshments will be served after the discussion. Stay and chat with our panelists!

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Technical Tools of the Trade

We'll train you for whatever lies ahead!

Technical Tools of the Trade is a program to provide low-cost, accessible, yet high-quality instruction in technical theater and design. This is made possible by Legacy funding so that we are not compromising on the needed costs to get the proper equipment and hire the top-notch working professionals that we do.

We provide workshops for children and youth, all the way to seasoned experts looking for continuing education. We also have workshops for young professionals looking to improve their marketability and for networking opportunities in a business that is typically hard to break in to.